Season's Summary

From April to this November, the Citysprouts’ garden has been a busy place at the Peabody School! Starting in early spring, volunteers and students grew lots of food including tomatillos and chili peppers in our salsa garden, cherry tomatoes and basil in our pizza garden, plus husk cherries, cucumbers, raspberries, carrots, lettuce and much more.

Over the summer, Citysprouts hired wonderful middle school youth interns Emoni Baffour, Tsega and Rangdol Tenzin, Amanda Ugorji, Sneha Mathew and Tim Traversy to cultivate the garden, learn about local foods, visit working farms and develop as leaders in a first real job. Applications for next year’s internship will be out in early spring.

Nice job to all of the adventurous teachers using the garden to support and enrich curriculum this fall! Some creative uses this year included studying colors and counting, the five senses, soil and decomposition, plant development and seeds, health/nutrition, using naturalist tools, developing language and enhancing science observation skills.

In October, all students in pre-K through 2^nd grade participated in the Peabody's annual apple cider-pressing in the garden to learn more about local harvests and food history.

Get involved in the garden next spring! Check out this Garden resource blog for ideas or contact Amy. Please join us in volunteering next season: weekly garden volunteer drop-in times re-start in late April.

Thanks for a great season and see you in the spring!

Amy Baron, Citysprouts Garden Coordinator

abaron AT citysprouts DOT org